Poem - Wind Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: The poem Wind was originally written in which language?
(a) Kannada
(b) Malayalam
(c) Telugu
(d) Tamil

Q2: The wind has been compared to
(a) god
(b) flood
(c) earthquake
(d) fire

Q3: What does the poet want the wind to do?
(a) All of these
(b) Don’t scatter the papers
(c) Don’t throw down the books
(d) Don’t break the shutters of windows

Q4: Who breaks the shutters of the window? (Wind)
(a) Wind
(b) Children
(c) A naughty boy
(d) A boy

Q5: What is the message of the poem Wind?
(a) Make strong windows
(b) Stop the wind
(c) All of these
(d) Be firm and strong

Q6: Which figure of speech has been used in the following line from the poem Wind?
'Wind comes softly'
(a) Irony
(b) Simile
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Personification

Q7: Whom does the poet make a request to and address?
(a) Wind
(b) The people
(c) His children
(d) All of these

Q8: What does the word winnows in the poem mean?
(a) None of these
(b) Sorts grains
(c) Blows strongly
(d) Cleams grains

Q9: Name the poet of the poem "Wind".
(a) J.K Krishna Murti
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) Mahadevi Verma
(d) Ruskin Bond

Q10: Who is negatively affected by the wind?
(a) None of these
(b) Strong people
(c) Both weaklings and strong people
(d) Weaklings

Short Answer Questions

Q1: Why does the poet ask wind to blow softly?
Q2: What is winnowing? What, according to the poet, does the wind god winnow?
Q3: What harm does wind do when it blows hard?
Q4: What does ‘crumbling’ suggests in the poem ‘Wind’?
Q5: What should we do to make friends with the winds?

Long Answer Questions

Q1: What advice does the poet offer the people? Write your answer in the context of the poem, ‘Wind’.
Q2: What challenges are posed by wind in the life of the poet and the common man?

Reference to Context

Q1: 
There, look what you did-you threw them all down
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You are very clever at poking fun at weaklings

(a) Whom are these lines addressed to? What is the figure of speech?
(b) What kind of destruction does wind cause when it blows hard?
(c) What word is repeated and why?
(d) What does the wind symbolise?

Q2:
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
(a) Who is the poet addressing in the above lines?
(b) How does the poet want the wind to blow?
(c) What has the wind done to the books?
(d) Name the poetic device used in the above lines.

Q3:
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
(a) What is the poet’s tone in the above lines?
(b) What has the wind done?
(c) What has wind brought with it?
(d) Name a poetic device used in the lines above.

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